Ironing-board.



J. A. LOWE.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLIOATION FILED T12R25, 1910.

Patented May 31,1910.

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JOHN A. LOWE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1910. Serial No. 546,014.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. Lown, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Ironing-Board; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw- I ings and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to ironing boards, and particularly to those of the class adapt ed to be removably attached to a wall or other suitable upright of a rigid nature.

The object of my invention is the provision of an improved, simple and eflicient board of this character, which is light, strong and durable in its construction, inexpensive of manufacture, and capable of being easily and quickly set up or taken down, and which when set up provides an exceedingly firm and rigid board.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and a preferred embodiment of the same illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved board set up. Fig. 2 is a face view of the wall bracket or plate. Figs. 3 and at are different views of the center plate of the board. Fig. 5 is a face view of the board engaging end of one of the board supports, and Figs. 6 and 7 are face and sectional views of the end plate of the board.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates any suitable wall or rigid support to which a bracket or plate 2, having the outwardly projecting loops 3, is secured by screws or otherwise. The board is designated 4 and has a plate or bracket member 5 secured to the under side of its inner or large end. This plate is prefer-ably but not necessarily shaped as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7, and is provided with fingers 8, S, which project upwardly at the end of the board in posi tion to hook upwardly into the loops or eyes 3 of the wall plate 2, as shown in Fig. 1. The rear end of the board is supported with the fingers 8 in engagement with the wallloops 3 by means of a vertical leg or standard 9, which rises from the floor adjacent the wall 1 and is provided at its upper end with a head casting or part 10. This casting or part is broadened transversely of the board and is provided at its upper edge at or adjacent the ends with hooked fingers 11, which engage over lugs 12 projecting from the plate 5, as indicated. The standard 9, when in upright position, bears upwardly against the under side of the rear end of the board t to firmly retain the fingers 8 in engagement with the wall-loops 3, and the fingers 11 and lugs 12 cooperate to prevent disengagement of the standard and board except when the lower end of the standard is swung outwardly from the wall. The outer or free end of the board 4 is supported in horizontal position by a diagonally disposed lcg or standard 13, which is adapted to have its lower end bear against the floor and wall 1 at the angle of meeting thereof and has its upper end provided with a head 14 similar to that of the leg 9, the hookedfingers 15 of which interlock with the lugs 16 of a plate 17 secured to the underside of the board adjacent itscenter. The lugs 16 project downwardly and inwardly from the ends of the plate 17, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4.

It is apparent with this construction that the rear leg or standard 9 serves merely to support the rear end of the board with the fingers 8 in engagement with the wall-plate 2, thus relieving such plate of all vertical strain, and that the forward leg serves as the main support for the board, and also that the board may be quickly set up or knocked down, due to the parts being removably connected.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction or arrangement of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a wall-plate having loops, of a board, a member secured to the wall end of such board and having fingers projecting upwardly at the end of the board for engagement with the loops of the wall-plate, a vertical leg having its upper end in removable pivotal engagement with said member and adapted to support the wall end of the board with said member in Patented May 31, 1910.

engagement with the wall-plate, and a leg removably attached to the board adjacent its center.

2. The combination with a wall-plate hav ing eyes, of a board, a member secured to the under side of the board and having fingers at the wall end of the board for projecting upwardly through said eyes, and also having pivot lugs at the wall end of such board, a support beneath the wall end of the board having a head provided with hooks for removably engaging such lugs, a plate secured to the underside of the board adjacent its center having pivot lugs, and a diagonal support having its lower end adjacent the lower end of the first support and its upper end provided with hooks for removably engaging the lugs of such plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. LOWE.

Witnesses O. W. OWEN, E. E. THOMAS. 

